Section 1 – Name, Objects and Premises

Rule 1: Name of Club
(a) The name of the Club shall be “The Starcross Yacht Club” (hereinafter referred to in these Rules as “the Club”)
(b) The Club's premises are at the Club House, Powderham Point, Starcross where all meetings shall be held unless otherwise arranged
(c) (i) The Club Burgee shall be a blue St. George's cross with a yellow five point star at its centre on a white background

(c) (ii) It shall not be worn by any vessel licensed for hire

Rule 2: Object of Club

The object for which the Club is formed is to promote and encourage all branches of amateur sailing and kayaking and also to provide social and other facilities for Members as may be from time to time determined.

Section 2 – Officers

Rule 3: Officers of the Club
(a) The Officers of the Club (“the Officers”) shall be selected from Individual Members, Family Members, Senior Members or Student Members (over the age of 18) of the Club.
(b) The Officers shall consist of a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Commodore, a Vice Commodore, a maximum of two Rear Commodores and a Flag Captain (the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Rear Commodores and Flag Captain being together called “the Flag Officers”), an Honorary Secretary (“the Secretary”), and an Honorary Treasurer (“the Treasurer”).
(c) In addition to the Officers, there shall be one or more Special Duty Officers (“the Special Duty Officers”) appointed by election as necessary to perform specific functions relating to Membership, Berthing, Maintenance and Training etc.
(d) The Officers and the Special Duty Officers shall all sit on the General Committee and all such Officers (other than Vice Presidents) shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting (“the AGM”), in each year and shall commence office on 1 January next following that AGM and shall hold office for one year. All shall be eligible for re-election subject to the Commodore, Vice Commodore and Rear Commodore not holding the same office for more than three consecutive years (unless specially recommended by the General Committee).
(e) The General Committee may appoint such additional Special Duty Officers as it thinks fit.
(f) The criteria for appointing Vice Presidents (of which there shall be a maximum of 8) shall be as follows:
(g) The President may be elected from any of the Vice Presidents for a three year term but may be re-elected after such periods if appropriate.
(h) The President and Vice Presidents once first elected shall be Honorary Members.
(i) The spouse of current, former and deceased Presidents and Vice Presidents shall be entitled to be Honorary Members as of right.
(j) The following distinguishing flags may be worn by the following Officers:
(i) Commodore – A broad (or swallow tailed) pennant bearing the device of the Club.
(ii) Vice-Commodore – A similar pennant with the addition of one blue ball in the canton next to the hoist
(iii) Rear Commodore – A similar pennant with two blue balls in the cantons next to the hoist

(iv) Flag Captain – shall be entitled to fly a pennant similar to the Rear Commodore

Rule 4: Duties of Secretary
The Secretary shall:
(a) Hold a register of Club Members' names and addresses, to be maintained by the Membership Secretary.
(b) Conduct the correspondence of the Club;
(c) Keep custody of all Club documents;
(d) Keep full minutes of all meetings of the General Committee which shall be confirmed and signed by the Chairman upon the agreement of the Members present and voting at the next meeting.
(e) Administer such insurance policy or policies as may be needed fully to protect the interests of the Club, its Officers and its Members
(f) Maintain contact with the Club's Legal Adviser to ensure that the Club's affairs are managed in accordance with current law.

(g) Post a copy of each General Committee's Minutes on the Club Notice Board

Rule 5: Duties of Treasurer
The Treasurer shall:
(a) Cause such books of account to be kept as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the finances of the Club.
(b) Cause all returns as may be required by law in relation to such accounts to be rendered at the due time.
(c) Prepare an Annual Balance Sheet as at 31st July in each year and cause such Balance Sheet (and accounts as necessary) to be reviewed at least once annually and shall thereafter cause the same to be distributed to all Members at least 14 days prior to the AGM.

(d) Submit to each meeting of the General Committee a Statement setting out all the payments made since the previous meeting together with details of all bank account balances/funds held by the Club.

Rule 6: Review of Accounts
The person selected shall:
(a) be appointed at the AGM in each year and shall be suitably qualified;
(b) review the accounts of the Club when called upon to do so and shall give such certificate of assurance as to the accuracy of the said accounts as shall be required by law or by the General Committee;
(c) if either unwilling or unable to act, inform the General Committee who shall appoint a substitute to hold office until the termination of the next AGM.

Section 3 – Membership and Members' Rights

Rule 7: Categories, Rights and Votes of Membership
There shall be the following categories of membership. All categories of membership will be entitled, unless otherwise indicated, to:

[Note: The number of Members with no voting rights shall not exceed 20% of the total membership.]

Individual Member.

Being a person who is over the age of eighteen on April 1st of the subscription year.

Family Members.

Being a family unit consisting of any combination of adult and partner, and all dependents under the age of 25 on April 1st of the subscription year.

Student Member.

Being a person who is in full-time education and between the ages of 16 and 25 on April 1st of the subscription year and who is not included within a family membership.

Associate Member.
(Non-sailing or Out of Port)
Being either (i) a person who wishes to belong to the club and who would not normally sail, or (ii) a person who has been a member of the Club for at least 5 years and has a main residence not less than 90 miles from the club.
An Associate Member has no vote in club meetings and no entitlement to apply for a berth or mooring.

In recognition of their ongoing contribution to the running of the Club, the General Committee may propose that certain Associate Members be given voting rights and eligibility to serve on Committees. These individuals will be known as Voting Associate Members. Such arrangements will be confirmed at the AGM on an annual basis.

Senior Member.

Being a Member of the Club who is over 65 years on April 1st of the subscription year and has been a Club Member for at least 10 years. Senior Membership shall include the partner of such a member and any dependent under the age of 21 (as for a family membership).

Winter Member.
Being a person over the age of 16 who is entitled to full use of the Club Facilities for the period from October to March inclusive. This membership category includes the use of a winter berth (subject to availability) and the privilege of bringing a crew from outside the club.

[Note: Winter Members have no vote at club meetings.]

Honorary Member.

Being a person who shall be nominated and elected in the manner described in Rule 26(vi). Honorary membership shall only apply to the member to whom it was granted, and may include their spouse/partner and any dependent under the age of 25 and in full time education, at the discretion of the General Committee.

Group Member.
Group Membership provides club membership to affiliated organisations. Members in Group membership shall not enjoy voting rights unless elected a Member of any Committee, but the Group shall enjoy one vote, through a duly appointed representative whose name shall be notified to the Chairman of the Meeting.

The membership subscription and conditions of membership for affiliated organisations will be agreed by the General Committee on an individual basis.

Rule 8: Membership Entrance & Subscription

The rate of the Joining Fee and Membership Subscription fees for each category of membership shall be proposed by the General Committee to the Members at the AGM in each year. Any proposed changes shall be approved by a majority of those present and entitled to vote and shall become operative on the first day of March in the year following. The current rates of entrance and subscription fees will be posted on the SYC website.

The subscription year shall run from 1st March to the last day of February. The subscription fee for a new Member joining after 31st May shall be pro-rata the annual fees calculated on a monthly basis. There shall be no refunds of subscriptions except at the discretion of the General Committee.

Memberships will be treated as lapsed if the renewal fees are not received by 15th March annually. Lapsed members will be required to pay the relevant entrance fee to re-join the club.

A late payment fee shall be paid if the renewal fees are not received by 7th March annually. Members shall pay the Joining fee (if applicable) with their first annual subscription upon election to the Club.

The General Committee may waive the fee for:
Rule 9:
Members shall also make an annual payment for the use of berthing, mooring and other club facilities. The facility fees include
Rule 10: Member's duty to provide an up-to-date address

Every Member shall furnish the Membership Secretary with an up-to-date home address which the Membership Secretary shall record in the Register of Members and any notice sent to such an address shall be deemed to have been duly delivered.

Rule 11: Conditions of Membership
(a) It is requested that every member over 18 years assist with the running of the Club by carrying out duties. Honorary members active in the Club will in future be undertaking duties, typically in the galley, bar, safety boat or race box. Suitably qualified members are usually allocated to safety boat duties (only qualified drivers may drive the safety boats). Experienced dinghy racers are usually allocated to race management duties. Single and student members are usually allocated bar duties and family members are allocated galley duties.
(b) If there are special reasons why a Member cannot perform any of the duties allocated they must write to the General Committee giving reasons.
(c) The duty rotas will be published well in advance of the duty date. It is the responsibility of the Member to check which duties they have been allocated and to arrange a duty swap if they are not available on the allocated date.
(d) Members who take part in club events are assumed to have given consent for use of images or other media obtained in the event for the purpose of promoting the club. If a Member wishes to withdraw this consent they must write to the General Committee.

(e) Members whose children participate in club races are assumed to have given their consent for their children to participate. (Note: A specific consent form will be required for Junior Training and events open to non-members)

Rule 12: Berthing Conditions
(a) It is club policy to give priority on berths to members who use their boat regularly. Usage will be monitored through entries for racing events and entries on the cruising sailing log. A successful application for a berth in one year does not guarantee a space for the following year unless a Member can demonstrate that the boat has been used on a regular basis.
(b) Berth renewal and periodic boat park reorganisation may entail a change of berth. If necessary a dinghy may be moved or re-berthed by a club official.
(c) All boats must hold a minimum of £3,000,000 third party insurance.
(d) The current year berth label must be stuck to the mast above the line of the cover – or on the transom for boats without a stepped mast.
(e) Only boats/equipment for which authorisation is granted are to be left in the allocated berth or the equivalent rack. Any change of boat is to be notified in writing/email to the Berth Marshall who will issue a new boat label. Berths must not be sublet.
(f) All boats and equipment must be securely tied down.
(g) Boats and launching trolleys must be maintained in a serviceable condition.
(h) Road trailers must not be left in the berth areas – they can only be left in the trailer park after the relevant fee has been paid and permission granted. The issued permit must be displayed on the trailer. Trailers without a valid permit will be disposed of.
(i) Abandoned boats and equipment: If it appears, after due consideration by the General Committee, that a boat or other equipment, the property of a Member or Former Member, lying within the curtilage of the Club premises, should be treated as abandoned, it may follow the procedure detailed below and recommended by the RYA:
(i) Move the boat or equipment to any other part of the Club premises without being liable for any loss or damage to the boat or equipment howsoever caused.
(ii) Give one month's notice in writing to the Member or former Member at his last known address as shown in the Club records and thereafter sell the boat or equipment and deduct any monies due to the Club (whether by way of arrears of subscription or annual payments, mooring, dinghy park fees or otherwise) from the net proceeds of sale before accounting for the balance to the Member or former Member.
(iii) Alternatively if the boat or equipment are unsaleable after giving notice in writing, dispose of the boat or equipment in any manner that the General Committee see fit and deem the cost of so doing and any arrears to be a debt owing to the Club by the Member or former Member.

Election and Retirement of Members

Rule 13: Candidates for Membership

Membership of the Club shall be open to all persons irrespective of ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or belief; or of age, sex or disability except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of sailing as a particular sport.

Rule 14: Application for Membership

An application for Membership shall be in the form from time to time prescribed by the General Committee, and shall include the name, address and occupation of the candidate.

Rule 15: Election of Members

Upon receipt of an application for Membership together with the entrance fee and first subscription, the Membership Secretary shall enter such application in the Register of Members and the applicant becomes a member.

The General Committee may expel from membership only for good and sufficient cause such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or sport into disrepute. Appeal against such decision may be made in accordance with Rule 18.

Rule 16: Retirement of a Member

A Member desirous of retiring from Membership shall give notice in writing to the Membership Secretary before the last day of February and shall not then be liable to pay the subscription for the following year. Upon re-application by a past Member the General Committee may, at its discretion, excuse payment of an Entrance Fee

Rule 17: Arrears of Subscription

The Membership Secretary shall provide the Secretary with a list of those Members whose subscriptions are unpaid by the 15th March and the Membership Secretary shall forthwith communicate with all such Members drawing their attention to the Rules. Members whose subscriptions remain unpaid shall forfeit their Membership and shall be so informed. Exceptional cases will be considered by the General Committee.

Rule 18: Undertaking by Members to Comply with Rules
(a) Every Member, upon election and thereafter, is deemed to have notice of, and impliedly undertakes to comply with, the Club Rules and the current Byelaws and Regulations of the Club. Any refusal or neglect to do so, or any conduct which, in the opinion of the General Committee, is either unworthy of a Member or otherwise injurious to the interests of the Club, shall render a Member liable to expulsion by a resolution of the General Committee PROVIDED THAT, before the expulsion of a Member, the General Committee shall call upon such a Member for a written explanation of the Member's conduct and shall give the Member full opportunity of making explanation to the General Committee, or of resigning.
(b) A Resolution to expel a Member shall be carried by not less than 75% of those Members of the General Committee present and voting on the resolution.

(c) If the Resolution is passed as in (b) above, the Member shall resign within fourteen days from the date of the letter containing this request from the Secretary. Should he not resign, the Secretary is empowered to remove his name from the Register of Members. The Member so expelled shall forfeit any right to and claim upon the Club, its property and its funds, including any portion of the current year's subscription.

Rule 19: Complaints

Complaints of any nature relating to the management of the Club or premises shall be addressed in writing to the Secretary. Under no circumstances shall a servant of the Club be personally reprimanded by a Member.

Rule 20: Power to expel Temporary Members

The Secretary or any other who has received the authority of two Members of the General Committee, may expel, temporarily or permanently, any Temporary Member

Rule 21: Limitation of Club Liability

Members, their guests and visitors are bound by the following rule which shall also be exhibited in a prominent place within the Club premises:

Members of the Club, their guests or visitors may use the Club premises, and any other facilities of the Club, entirely at their own risk and impliedly accept:
(a) The Club will not accept any liability for any damage to or loss of property belonging to Members, their guests or visitors to the Club.
(b) The Club will not accept any liability for personal injury arising out of the use of the Club premises, and any other facilities of the Club either sustained by Members, their guests or visitors or caused by the said members, guests or visitors whether or not such damage or injury could have been attributed to or was occasioned by the neglect default or negligence of any of them, the Officers, Committee or servants of the Club.

(c) Before inviting any guests or visitors on to the premises or to participate in events organised by the Club, Members will draw their attention to this rule.

Section 4 – Committees

Rule 22: The standing Committees shall be:
(a) General Committee
(b) Sailing Committee
(c) Cruiser Committee
(d) Galley Committee
(e) Junior Section Committee
(f) House Committee

(g) Investment Committee

Rule 23: Composition of Committees
(i) GENERAL COMMITTEE – The Officers, the Special Duty Officers, the Secretary, the Treasurer, Secretaries of all other Committees, and six elected Members and such Trustees as wish to attend. All the above have full voting rights, except for Trustees.
(ii) SAILING COMMITTEE – The Flag Officers, Sailing Secretary, six elected Members and the class captains.
(iii) CRUISER COMMITTEE – The Flag Officers, Cruiser Secretary, Bosun Afloat, six elected Members and any Special Duty Officers that wish to attend.
(iv) GALLEY COMMITTEE – The Rear Commodore and eight elected Members.
(v) JUNIOR SECTION COMMITTEE – The Flag Officers and six elected Members, including Chair and Secretary.
(vi) HOUSE COMMITTEE – The Chair of the House Committee, the Secretary and such other Officers, Special Duty Officers and Members of the General and Galley Committee as shall be co-opted by the Chair on to the House Committee
(vii) INVESTMENT COMMITTEE – the Treasurer, two Trustees of the Club and a professional financial adviser appointed by the Treasurer.

(viii) SUCH OTHER COMMITTEES as may be from time to time required.

Rule 24: Candidates for election to committees
(i) All Members of the Committees (other than the House Committee and Investment Committee) shall be elected at the AGM each year to hold office for one year from the 1st January next succeeding the AGM. Candidates for election to any Committee (not being Officers of the Club) shall be existing members of the relevant Committee or such other Individual, Senior or Family Members whose nominations (duly proposed and seconded in writing by Individual, Senior or Family Members of the Club) with their consent shall have been received by the Secretary at least 7 days before the AGM on the form provided.
(ii) If the number of candidates for election is equal to or less than the number of vacancies to be filled, then all candidates shall be deemed to be elected if two thirds of those present at the AGM and entitled to vote, vote in favour of such election.
(iii) If the number of candidates for election is more than the number of vacancies to be filled, then voting shall be by ballot.
(iv) Members of the General, Sailing, Cruiser, Galley and Junior Section Committees shall go out of office in every year, but shall be eligible for re-election.

(v) Members of the House and Investment Committees will be appointed by the General Committee within 28 days of the AGM to hold office for one year from 1st January next succeeding the AGM.

Rule 25: Powers of all Committees
(i) The financial affairs of all Committees shall be carried out in an accountable, transparent and businesslike manner to the satisfaction of the Treasurer and the General Committee.
(ii) All Committees have the power to co-opt if a casual vacancy shall occur, to fill such a vacancy until the next AGM, but in the case of Committees other than the General Committee, such co-opted Members shall be subject to the approval of the General Committee. Co-opted Members shall have full voting rights on the Committees to which they are appointed.
(iii) Any Committee Member in transacting business for the Club shall disclose to third parties that he is so acting.
(iv) Any Committee, or person delegated by a committee to act as an agent for the Club or its Members, shall enter into contracts only so far as expressly authorised by the Members. No one shall, without the express authority of the Membership in General Meeting, pledge the credit of the Membership.
(v) In pursuance of the authority vested in a Committee by Members of the Club, Members of the Committees are entitled to be indemnified by the Members of the Club against any liabilities properly incurred by them or any one of them on behalf of the Club wherever the contract is of a duly authorised nature or could be assumed to be of a duly authorised nature and entered into on behalf of the Club. The limit of an individual Member's indemnity in this respect shall be a sum equal to one years subscription at the then current rate for that category of Membership.
(vi) Quorum at Committee Meetings: Five Members entitled to vote and personally present shall form a quorum at any Committee Meeting (apart from the Investment Committee where two such Members shall form a quorum)
(vii) Voting at Committee Meetings: Voting (except in the case of a resolution relating to the expulsion of a Member) shall be by show of hands. In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second casting vote.
(viii) The Senior Flag Officer present shall, if he so wishes, preside at any Committee Meeting (if he does not so wish, or in his absence, the Members present shall elect a Chairman)

(ix) Trustees shall be entitled to attend such committees as they wish but shall have no vote.

Rule 26: Powers of General Committee
(i) The General Committee may appoint from time to time such Sub-Committees as they deem necessary and may delegate or refer to such Sub-Committees such of the powers and duties of the Committee as may be thought fit.
(ii) It shall have full power and authority to enforce these Rules and any Byelaws or Regulations it may make. It shall be responsible for the finances of the Club and all other affairs which are not the responsibility of other Committees.
(iii) It shall have the power, with the consent of the General Meeting, to raise money by loan or otherwise on such terms and conditions as the Members in such meeting shall authorise.
(iv) It shall have the power to make such Byelaws and Regulations (not inconsistent with these Rules) as it may consider necessary for the better running of the Club. Such Byelaws and Regulations shall be posted on the Club noticeboard and be binding until rescinded by the General Committee or any General Meeting.
(v) It will have the power to appoint an Assistant Secretary and one or more Special Duty Officers.

(vi) Nomination of Honorary Members by Committees: It may nominate for election at an AGM such Honorary Members as the General Committee may think fit (being Members who have rendered signal services to the Club or obtained a high degree of eminence in yachting circles). The election of Honorary Members shall be put to the vote at the AGM and such Honorary Members shall be duly elected if two thirds of those present, and entitled to vote, vote in favour of election. (Honorary Membership is for the Member's life).

Rule 27: The Sailing Committee

The Sailing Committee is responsible for the efficient running of all matters relating to sailing activities within the jurisdiction of the Club. It shall hold and keep records of all Club trophies and other prizes, and determine and organise the presentation of prizes. A copy of the Minutes of each Sailing Committee Meeting shall be posted on the Club notice board.

Rule 28: The Cruiser Committee

The Cruiser Committee shall be responsible for the efficient running of all activities relating to cruisers, control of the moorings and identification thereof.

Rule 29 (i): The Galley Committee

The Galley Committee shall be responsible for the efficient running of all matters relating to catering on the Club premises.

Rule 29 (ii): The Social Committee

The Social Committee shall be responsible for the efficient running of all activities relating to social events organised on behalf of the Club.

Rule 30: The Junior Section Committee

The Junior Section Committee shall be responsible for the efficient running of the Junior Section of the Club.

The House Committee

Rule 31: Purchase and Supply of Excisable Goods
(i) The purchase for the Club of excisable goods and the supply of the same upon Club premises shall be exclusively and solely under the control of the House Committee, or other special sub-committee appointed by the General Committee. Intoxicating liquor may only be sold for consumption on the Club premises to persons over the age of eighteen who are entitled to the use of the Club premises in pursuance of the Rules, Byelaws and Regulations for the time being in force. No Member under the age of eighteen may purchase or attempt to purchase intoxicating liquor within the Club premises nor may a Member under the age of sixteen purchase or attempt to purchase tobacco or cigarettes within the Club premises.
(ii) Hours of Sale of Excisable Goods: Subject to the requirements of the licensing authorities, the House Committee shall cause the Club bar to to be opened at convenient times (and such times shall be prominently exhibited in the Club premises) for the sale of excisable goods to persons who are entitled to the use of the premises of the Club in pursuance of these Rules (except under age Members as stated above) provided that visitors names and addresses and the name of their introducer shall have been entered in the Visitors book upon entry to Club premises.
(iii) Profits from Sale of Excisable Goods: No person shall take a commission, percentage or other such payment in connection with the purchase of excisable goods for the Club. Any profit deriving from the sale of such goods shall (after deduction of the costs of providing such goods for the benefit of the Club) be allocated to Club Funds.
(iv) Proper accounts of all purchases and receipts shall be kept and presented at the AGM in each year and such information as the Secretary or the Reviewer of Accounts may require shall be furnished to enable any statutory return or statement and the payment of excise or other duty or tax to be made.

Rule 32: The Investment Committee
(i) The Investment Committee shall be responsible for the management of the property redemption and sea wall fund (see section 8).
(ii) It shall submit a Financial Statement annually to the Treasurer for presentation at the AGM.

Section 5 – Trustees

Rule 33: Number of and Terms of Reference

There shall be at least three Trustees of the Club who shall be appointed from time to time as necessary by the General Committee of the Club from among Individual, Senior, Family or Honorary Members who are willing to be so appointed. A Trustee shall hold office during his lifetime or until he/she shall resign, by notice in writing given to the General Committee, or until a resolution removing him/her from office shall be passed at a meeting of the General Committee by a majority comprising two-thirds of the Members present and entitled to vote.

Rule 34: Property of the Club Vested in Trustees

All property of the Club, including land and investments shall be held by the Trustees for the time being, in their own names so far as it is necessary and practicable, on trust for the use and benefit of the Club. On the death, resignation or removal from office of a Trustee, the General Committee shall nominate a new Trustee in his place, and shall as soon as possible thereafter take all lawful and practicable steps to procure the vesting of all Club property into the names of the Trustees as constituted after such nomination. For the purpose of giving effect to any such nomination, the Secretary for the time being is hereby nominated as the person to appoint new Trustees of the Club within the meaning of Section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and he/she shall by Deed duly appoint the person or persons so nominated by the General Committee.

Rule 35: Powers of Trustees

The Trustees shall in all respects act, in regard to any property of the Club held by them, in accordance with the directions of the General Committee, and shall have power to sell, lease, mortgage or pledge any Club property so held for the purpose of raising or borrowing money for the benefit of the Club in compliance with the General Committee's directions (which shall be duly recorded in the Minutes of the proceedings of the General Committee) but no purchaser, lessee or mortgagee shall be concerned to enquire whether any such direction has been given.

Rule 36: Indemnity of Trustees from the Club Funds

The Trustees shall be effectually indemnified by the General Committee out of the assets of the Club from and against any liability costs, expenses and payments whatsoever which may be properly incurred or made by them in the exercise of their duties or in relation to any property of the Club vested in them, or in relation to any legal proceedings, or which otherwise relate directly or indirectly to the performance of the functions of a Trustee of the Club.

Section 6 – Meetings of the Club

Rule 37: Annual General Meeting

An AGM of the Club shall be held each year in the month of November on a date to be fixed by the General Committee. The Secretary shall at least fourteen days before the date of such meeting of any General Meeting as hereinafter mentioned post or deliver to each Member notice thereof and of the business to be brought forward thereat.

Rule 38: Business at the General Meeting

No business, except the passing of the accounts and the election of the Officers, Members of Committees, Trustees and the Reviewer of Accounts and any business that the Committee may order to be inserted in the notice convening the meeting shall be discussed at such meeting unless notice thereof be given in writing by a Member entitled to vote to the Secretary at least twenty-one days before the date of the AGM. (Time permitting, the chairman may permit other business to be discussed under “Any Other Business”).

Rule 39: Special General Meeting

The General Committee may at any time, upon giving twenty-one days' notice in writing, call a Special General Meeting of the Club for any special business, the nature of which shall be stated in the summons convening the meeting, and the discussion at such meeting shall be confined to the business stated in the notice sent to Members.

Rule 40: General Meeting upon Request of Members

The General Committee shall similarly call a Special General Meeting upon written request addressed to the Secretary by the Commodore or at least 6 Members. The discussion at such a meeting shall be confined to the business stated in the notice sent to Members.

Rule 41: Chairman of General Meetings

At every General Meeting the President, or failing him, a Vice President or any other suitable qualified person invited by the General Committee shall take the Chair.

Rule 42: Quorum at Meetings / Entitlement to Vote at Meetings / Equality of Votes

Twenty members entitled to vote and personally present shall form a quorum at any General Meeting.

Rule 43:

Individual, Senior, Family, Student, Honorary and Group Members' representatives shall vote at any meeting of the Club. Other Members may attend but are not entitled to vote.

Rule 44:

Voting, except upon the election of Committee Members when there is an excess of applicants (See Rule 24(iii)) shall be by show of hands.

Rule 45:

In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a second and casting vote, on any matter other than the election of Members to the General Committee

Rule 46:

On any resolution properly put to a meeting of the Club relating to the creation, repeal or amendment of any Rule of the Club such Rule, shall not be created, repealed or amended except by a majority vote of at least two-thirds of those present and entitled to vote.

Section 7 – Dissolution of the Club

Rule 47:
If, upon the winding up or dissolution of the Club, there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed amongst the Members of the Club but shall be given or transferred to
(a) a recognised charitable organisation(s) having objects similar to the Club;
(b) another Club with similar sports purposes which is a registered Community Amateur Sports Club;
(c) and/or the Club's national governing body for use by them for related community sports.

Such organisation or Club to be determined by Members of the Club by Resolution passed at a General Meeting at or before the time of dissolution.

Section 8 – Property Redemption and Sea Wall Fund (the Fund)

Rule 48:
(i) The Fund has been established for the purpose of providing a capital reserve for the continuation of the Club premises and also for the maintenance of the sea wall
(ii) The sum to be allocated to the fund each year will be proposed by the Treasurer to each AGM.
(iii) The fund shall not be used for any other purpose except pursuant to a resolution properly put to a meeting of the Club and carried by a majority vote of at least 75%, of those present and entitled to vote.

Section 9 – Byelaws

Byelaws can be created, repealed or amended by a majority vote of the General Committee.

Use of the Club

1. Guests in the Club
Members shall enter the names of all guests in the Visitors Book. Members may not introduce more than 3 guests in any one day and the same guest may not be introduced more than six times in one calendar year.
2. Damage to Club Property
A Member shall not knowingly remove, injure, destroy or damage any property of the Club and shall make restitution for the same if called upon to do so by the General Committee. All breakages or damage shall be paid for by the Member causing them.
3. Advertisements
No trade advertisements should be displayed on the Club premises without the sanction of the General Committee. Private advertisements should be initialled by a General Committee member and dated and should only remain for one calendar month on display and shall be no bigger than postcard size.
4. Charity Collections
No charity collection boxes shall be allowed on the Club Premises except those approved by the General Committee.
5. Club Address – Misuse of
No Member shall use the address of the Club in any advertisement connected with business or profit or otherwise abuse the privileges of Membership by using the Club or its address for business purposes.
6. Profit
No member shall, except at the request of the General Committee, receive any profits, salary or emoluments from the funds or transactions of the Club.
7. Control of Parking
Cars, road trailers, or boat cradles may only be parked in areas designated for such parking so as not to cause an obstruction to other cars or the approaches to the Club premises. Any road trailer or boat cradle parked for more than one week without approval or payment of a fee shall be treated in accordance with Rule 12, abandoned boats and equipment. Under no circumstances shall cars be parked or driven over grass areas of the Club.
8. Control of Dogs
Dogs may be brought into the Club premises but shall be kept on a lead or in a vehicle at all times.
9. Conduct on Club Premises
Members (and those they are responsible for) should conduct themselves in a manner that shows due consideration for other Members and neighbours of the Club.
10. Use of buoyancy aids
All persons going on to the water from the club premises should wear adequate personal buoyancy.